<p>how much harder is it to get into Wharton than the CAS?</p>
<p>I dont think that question can be accurately measured.... however... just compare the admissions rate. It's lower at Wharton.</p>
<p>well we know its lower.. but is it like ten percent lower or only one or two percent?</p>
<p>Acceptance rate for the Wharton 2010 class was 11.5% (ED and RD combined). 5000 applied for all Wharton programs for a target class of 512 and 4300 applied for a single degree and 402 were admitted. I'm not sure what the college rate was.</p>
<p>Alot harder. Doesn't mean that SAS isn't hard, it is, but Wharton is more selective and has fewer slots.</p>
<p>For the Class of 2010,</p>
<p>12,999 students applied to the College of Arts and Sciences of which 2,261 were offered admission, leading to an acceptance rate of 17.4%.</p>
<p>3,938 students applied to the Wharton School of which 475 were offered admission, leading to an acceptance rate of 12.1%.</p>
<p>[link: <a href="http://www.ivysuccess.com/upenn_2010.htm%5D%5B/url">www.ivysuccess.com/upenn_2010.htm][/url</a>]</p>
<p>There is therefore a difference of about 5%. However, taking into account that CAS is significantly larger than Wharton--it does not mean it's easier to get into CAS than Wharton but just statistically you're chances are greater because CAS has more space. Also, look at the volume of total applicants that CAS recieves as compared to Wharton (=more ppl for adcom to choose from). The College of Arts and Sciences is only slightly, (if at all), 'easier' to get into than the Wharton School.</p>
<p>what are the ED acceptance rates for CAS?</p>
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12,999 students applied to the College of Arts and Sciences of which 2,261 were offered admission, leading to an acceptance rate of 17.4%.</p>
<p>3,938 students applied to the Wharton School of which 475 were offered admission, leading to an acceptance rate of 12.1%.</p>
<p>[link: <a href="http://www.ivysuccess.com/upenn_2010.htm%5D%5B/url">www.ivysuccess.com/upenn_2010.htm][/url</a>]</p>
<p>There is therefore a difference of about 5%. However, taking into account that CAS is significantly larger than Wharton--it does not mean it's easier to get into CAS than Wharton but just statistically you're chances are greater because CAS has more space. Also, look at the volume of total applicants that CAS recieves as compared to Wharton (=more ppl for adcom to choose from). The College of Arts and Sciences is only slightly, (if at all), 'easier' to get into than the Wharton School.
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Percentages take into account the difference in size. You say
there is a difference of about 5%
but then you say that this is because CAS is greater than Wharton? Do you take into account that Wharton also has about 1/3 fewer applicants?
Sure, adcoms in the college have more people to choose from, but that doesn't change the number of slots, the level of competition to get in, and the many levels of selectivity that separate Wharton and the college.</p>
<p>I'm not a college basher. I'm probably the biggest Wharton basher I know. But this is just misleading. It'd be like saying Penn isn't much harder to get into than MIT. You can argue MIT is better than worse than equal to the square of whatever, but the fact remains that your assertion would be wrong.</p>
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